Archive for the ‘Willows’ Category

Congratulations to Will, the cast, crew and creative team for getting two Olivier Award Nominations for the West End transfer of The Royal Opera House’s production of “Wind in the Willows” at The Duchess Theatre!

The production is Nominated for Best Family Entertainment and Best Costume design. The Award ceremony will be held at The Royal Opera House on April 13 & aired on ITV in the UK.

“Will Kemp brings the charisma of a Hollywood leading man to the master boatman Ratty” - The Times.

Wind in the Willows has gained some great reviews (including three, 5 Star ratings & front page of New York Times!) and is proving to be a hot West End ticket. Congratulations to Will & everyone involved and we urge London theatre goers to book soon before it completely sells out!

With Wind in the Willows beginning previews at The Duchess Theatre in London’s West End next week the production is gaining press attention: The London’s Evening Standard Magazineran a series of Backstage photos and a lovely written piece about the original book and Stage Production.

Good news Londoners!! According to a flurry press releases Will is returning to London for the holidays to reprise his role as “Ratty” in Wind in the Willows alongside Sir Tony Robinson as “The Narrator”! This will mark the first ever West End transfer for the Royal Opera House as the show will run at The Duchess Theatre in London’s West End Dec. 11 - Feb. 1. - More info to come…

The Royal Opera House (Covent Garden, London) has recently posted their casting for Will Tuckett’s production of “The Wind in the Willows” in The Linbury Studio Theatre and Will is down to play Ratty! For those who remember; Will created this role back in 2002 and the production (& Will) have had amazing reviews and it has been revived several times to great acclaim. willkemp.org documented the original and first revival in great detail so more information can be found in The Willows Archive.

This really is a Golden Ticket - not only because it’s going on 10 years since Will performed this role -but because due to the show being such a hit with Children and Adults alike it will sell out fast!!